Portal vein thrombosis and arterioportal shunts: Effects on tumor response after chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 2 Response evaluation criteria in solid tumors in different patient groups n (%)

	Total	B		APS		Child A	Child B	Solitary	Multiple	Well defined	Ill defined
		Yes	No	Yes	No
No. of patients	39	19	20	7	32	27	12	20	19	20	19
Partial response	1 (2.6)	0	1 (5)	0	1 (3.1)	0	1 (8.3)	0	1 (5.2)	1 (5)	0
Stable disease	34 (87.1)	18 (94.7)	16 (80)	6 (85.7)	28 (87.5)	24 (88.9)	10 (83.3)	18 (90)	16 (84.2)	17 (85)	17 (89.4)
Progressive disease	4 (10.3)	1 (5.3)	3 (15)	1 (14.2)	3 (9.30)	3 (11.1)	1 (8.3)	2 (10)	2 (10.5)	2 (10)	2 (10.5)

PVT: Portal vein thrombosis; APS: Arterioportal shunt.